Paul Bradley (English actor)

Paul Bradley (born 28 May 1955) is an English television actor. He is best known for playing Nigel Bates in the BBC1 soap opera EastEnders from 1992 to 1998, and also as Elliot Hope in the BBC medical drama series Holby City, a role he played for ten years from 2005 to 2015, then again in 2019 and 2022 for the show's final episodes.

Education
Bradley was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, one of six siblings (five brothers and one sister) born to Irish parents. Bradley was educated at St Benedict's School and the University of Manchester before joining the Royal Exchange Manchester repertory theatre company in the early 1980s.

Career
Bradley has appeared in a number television series including the roles above, The Young Ones, The Bill, Red Dwarf, Bottom, My Family and Alas Smith and Jones. He had a minor role in the multi-award-winning 2002 film The Pianist.

As a guitarist and vocalist, he co-leads the group The hKippers (the 'h' is silent) with Stephen Warbeck, Academy Award-winning composer of Shakespeare in Love.

In the summer of 2021, Bradley played Major Metcalfe in the long running West End play The Mousetrap.

Selected filmography

 * Beyond Paradise (2024), Noah Culpepper
 * Holby City (2005–2015, 2019, 2022), Elliot Hope
 * Twisted Tales (2005), Mr. Pandemic
 * My Family (2002, 2004), Mr. Griffin
 * Doctors (2004, 2018), Patient with OCD / Billy Bourke
 * The Pianist (2002), Yehuda
 * C.U. Burn (1997), Doctor (one episode, Hata sa Leaba)
 * EastEnders (1992–1998), Nigel Bates
 * Alas Smith & Jones (1992)
 * Bottom (1992), Burglar
 * Murder Most Horrid (1991), Sergeant
 * Boon (1990), Clerk
 * Red Dwarf (1988, 1999), Chen
 * The Bill (1988), Henshaw
 * The Comic Strip Presents (1986), Jerry
 * The Young Ones (1982), Pilot/Warlock